Posts Tagged ‘Alliance & Leicester’

Millions of small shareholders in Britain’s battered banks could be forgiven for feeling that Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister’s proposal to distribute free shares is a sick joke. Many, inclu...
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After all the shocks of the global credit crisis, most investors prefer to avoid banks in general and those of the PIGS – Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain – in particular. So, on the basis that...
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The gap between baby boomers, who continue to enjoy the wealth-enhancing effects of decades of house price inflation, and their adult children, who are burdened with soaring debts and the worst financ...
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Many savers are getting a rotten deal from individual savings accounts (ISAs) which pay as little as 0.1 per cent interest when higher returns are often available from the same banks’ and building s...
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Not many homes have pantries, coal holes or sculleries these days – now it looks as if the garage will soon go the same way and be confined to history. More than one in 10 homeowners have converted ...
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Santander, the Spanish bank that bought Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and most of Bradford & Bingley, has set out to reassure millions of British savers that their money is safe – despite fear...
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Dozens of banks and building societies offer accounts specifically designed to appeal to ‘silver savers’ or people aged over 50. But only two deliver special returns that could not be matched by a...
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Sleepy savers are being urged to vote with their cash to punish greedy banks and building societies which pay them rotten rates on individual savings accounts (Isas). Following last month’s compla...
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